general problems of the 2012 Hyundai Elantra - part 2

Intermittent. . . Car is stationary and I attempt to start car with push start and the engine will crank for approx 3 second and then start. I turn car off and hear a tick tick tick from engine. Restarts with no hesitation. This is usually after a drive around town and then I come home and maybe about 6 hours later I'll go back into my car and it will sputter again. No solution as of yet.

While driving on city street, the passenger side sun visor broke flopping down while being adjusted by passenger causing wife to be startled as she steered the car 2015. Driver side sun visor broke flopping downward as I was adjusting it while driving city street 45 mph causing me to have to re-gain control of vehicle. 2016 we have both visors and parts and photo's.

Since purchasing this vehicle on numerous occassions I've had neighbors tell me my trunk has been found open and numerous times I look outside and its open the keys hung on the wall of my house it happens any and everywhere grocery store etc. Its not a safe place to put anything without the chance of being stolen from trunk or give acces to the main cabin cause thats where the backseat release is open season for theft.

I have had numerous experiences where the vehicle wont start. I went to get gas one morning and after I pumped the gas and got in to drive off my car wouldn't start. I waited for aaa and while waiting tried turning over the key and it started right up. Like I said this has happened about ten to twelve or more times. I recently changed the battery but it happened again several times. Someone needs to do something regarding this complaint as I see it is something that has been complained about numerous times.

Vehicle wont start at times. This happened when I first bought the vehicle and Hyundai changed the inhibitor switch. Recently started having the same problem of it not starting. Dealer showed me where the reset is so I was able to start it and bring it to the dealer. Again they changed the inhibitor switch. I was told they changed the design of the switch and hopefully I won't have this problem again. Hyundai paid for the part but I had to pay for labor. I'm sure I am not the only one that had this problem.

Intermittently, my car does not start. I turn the key and nothing happens. I try it again. Nothing. I try it again and it starts. It happened when the car was sitting overnight in my garage. It happened after I was in a store for about 45 minutes. It happened after I was in another location for 2 hours. I brought it to the dealer about a year ago when it happened and they said nothing was wrong because it didn't do it for them. (of course, it didn't!) then, after another couple of times of it happening again, I researched and found it was probably some kind of switch. I told that to the dealer and they replaced something which seemed to fix the problem. Now, all of a sudden, it's happening again. I am afraid to drive this car for fear I will be stranded somewhere unsafe one day.

Over the last several years my Elantra has stalled immediately upon starting. It doesnt matter if the engine is hot or cold. Just filled up with gas or anywhere in between. The problem is very intermittent. Usually it would then start on the 2nd or 3rd try but has on several occasions left me stranded requiring a tow. The dealership acknowledged this was a known problem but unless they can replicate the problem, there is nothing they can do. Ive had the throttle body cleaned and all new spark plugs, but its still acting up. I dont want to keep throwing money at it guessing what could be wrong. This began around 10,000 miles and it now is approaching 80,000. Id like for Hyundai to acknowledge there are hundreds of similar complaints and to investigate the problem.

On about 3/23/2016 I was driving at highway speed on I-287 on my morning commute when my sunroof exploded, raining glass down upon me. I assumed it was hit by a rock until I read about the exploding sunroof problem. My insurance company (geico) paid $1,323 to replace the sunroof.

My 2012 Elantra ltd edition has a keyless entry and push button to start. Recently I am having problem to open the doors or start the cars. Sometimes it starts the engine and sometimes it does not. I am surprised this problem is lot more common in the forum and it has not been taken care by Hyundai or NHTSA. I am missing my work. This is my second Hyundai and this is it. No more Hyundai for me. I paid big bucks for it and no one cares. I have left the message to the dealership in the morning and they have not called me. I had owned many cars before and never had a problem like this.

The vehicle has accelerated on it's own twice now -- today and about a month ago. Both occurrences were exactly the same. They were while parking in my office's parking lot after driving 20-30 minutes on the highway. As soon as I took my foot off the brake it was if I was pressing down on the gas pedal but I was not. When I stopped and put the car in park the rpm shot all the way up and engine was revving as if I had my foot all the way down on the gas pedal. This did not stop until I shut the engine off. I then restart the car and it is not happening. Then, with the car still in park, I gently tap on the gas and it starts again. The gas pedal does not appear to be physically stuck. About an hour later I start the car and try tapping on the gas and cannot reproduce the problem. I see these complaints all over the internet. Hyundai needs to own up and issue a recall before somebody gets hurt, this is very dangerous and scary.

Car won't start. At first, we thought it's the battery so we got our battery jump starter. But it wasn't the case. Lights and electrical works but the car starter won't turn over. Towed it to the dealer. The following day, went to dealer to check it and the car started without any problem. Dealer's mechanics still hasn't seen it yet that day. There might be some loose wiring or inhibitor switch problem.

Car won't start until I depress the accelerator and hold as I start the vehicle.

Car just would not start 2 times in the past two months with no warnings. I got it jumped both times, and it was ok. I had the battery, alternator, and starter checked and they were all ok. I went on a forum about it and many people were complaining about the same issue on the 2012 Hyundai Elantra. Many people were saying it was the range switch that needs replaced. Please recall this. Thank you!.

Car was parked and when trying to turn it on it won't start and gives me error "battery discharge" it has happened four times this week. Today car had a bad/burned odor coming from the engine.

Car is parked and when trying to turn on it won't start. Happened four times this week and today it had a bad/burning odor coming from the engine. Looks like a fuse went out.

I am literally scared to death to drive this car again in the winter. On Monday, November 30, 2015, we received our first storm of the season. I was driving on almost entirely clear roads until I went over an overpass that must have had a thin layer of ice on it. My car began fishtailing so bad that I had to use both lanes to recover. Thank god no one was in the lane next to me, or one or both would be severely injured. I immediately slowed down to 40 miles an hour and continued to fishtail over every single overpass until the roads actually had some precipitation on them, at which time I couldn't go over 40 mph without the car swaying to the point of no recovery. I have grown up in WI and mn, and I have driven on snowy/icy roads my entire life. I have had small non-4-wheel-drive vehicles (Honda civic hatchbacks) and I have never, ever experienced anything like this. Cars were passing me going close to the speed limit. I was the only one who had to slow down that much in order to remain in control of the vehicle. Prior to this incident in our first snowfall (I just bought the car in July of 2015), I have experienced the rear end "swaying" every time you go over a bump or try to change lanes. It feels like it's just about to swerve but then it recovers, but I didn't ever think it would get this bad. I have no idea what I'm going to do this winter. I do not feel safe in this vehicle. I even added two sandbags to the trunk to try to add some weight, to no avail. This issue has to be addressed before somebody is injured severely or worse. I cannot tell you how close I was to rolling this vehicle on Monday. This vehicle is simply not safe to drive in areas that have the slightest amount of snow or freezing conditions. Hyundai has to be made aware of this issue. This has happened on roads at speeds anywhere from 25 - 65 mph. Highways or city streets.

My car was sitting at my apartment. Went to go to the store and the car wouldn't start. The car would not turn over no matter many times I would try and start it. I had to call my dad who told me to hold gas pedal down and start the car. This happened twice. Took it to the dealership, said they couldn't do anything about it because it wasn't happening at that moment. Car starts to jerk while driving. Started off only in the mornings, then while I was driving home from work, it jerked again this time more aggressive. Have talked with Hyundai 3 times about this issue, said they couldn't do anything about it until they see it happening themselves. I am having to press the gas hard to go at least 50 mph. Yesterday 10/19/2015. I stop to get gas. Full my tank up, get in the car and the won't start again! press my foot on the gas, car won't start. Had to call triple a and they say my battery is low. Bought the car in 2013, shouldn't be happening. Something is wrong with this vehicle and all I get is they have to see it happening. I have taken this car to the same Hyundai dealership in south austin. I bought the car from carmax. I have no idea what else to do.

The vehicle will not turn on when pushing the push start. This keeps happening this is not safe. This needs to be recalled, my safety could be in jeopardy.

While the vehincle being in park and trying to start the vehicle it did not start. It does some clicking and after turning on and off the key the vehicle starts. It has aggravated more over the course of these past two weeks and its doing it almost every other time I try to start the engine. The dealer has checked the battery and also taken it to autozone and confirmed the battery is ok but the vechile still does not start. I have an appointment for this coming 9/21/15 for the dealer to take a look at it but reviewing all of the electrical complaints it seems that there is a common trend of affected vehicles with the same issue. Have not seen the experience of the vehilce stalling on me during the highway but because of the daily traffic I take to commute home-work I just hope I dont get into a situation where my safety gets compromised. Do not know how many complaints need to occurr before Hyundai does something to solve the issue and really prevent a major safety one.

Engine refuses to start all electrical are ok, dealer said that the transmission must be jiggled and they decided to replace a micro-switch.

2012 Elantra limited fails to start when in park. Battery is fine, all electrical equipment is working. Engine does not crank when the push to start button is pressed. Sometimes it starts after a few tries, but it would not start after trying 10 minutes yesterday. I tried again in the morning and it started without any problem. I search the web and have read that a lot of people are having this problem. People online are saying the problem is the range switch / inhabitor switch. I noticed that the issue is happening more frequently lately. If so many people are having this issue, there should be a recall on this.

This is a problem that has been going on with other Elantra drivers. There are videos on you tube with this issue. The vehicle doesn't start at times and it should be a recall on this issue. This is a new car and should have issues like that. It seems to be a problem with the starter or the ignition switch.

We had our oil change done, my husband drove out highway at nite going straight and all of sudden car started drive odd. Saw oil light on pulled over,towed to dealership. They in turn said engine was bad,had to sell us another car. Has that happened to others?.

The car won't start. This is a push button start. I thought perhaps there was something wrong with the key that has to be in the car at the time of starting the car. This is the third time this is happened in three weeks. Then I went online and found out there are hundreds of other owners with the same problem. I called an online number and found out that the manufacture is aware of this problem. They are not issuing a recall but they call this a campaign and have a number for this problem which is 933. They will not pay for a rental car, but they will pay for the repair. Then I called a dealer and they said they did not know anything about this problem but to bring the car in. I feel this is all hush-hush, to the disadvantage of the owner, who could find themselves in a very dangerous situation if all of a sudden there car will start. Please investigate, including an online search, to determine if a nationwide mandatory recall should be initiated.

I drive in stop and go traffic to and from work. When I push on gas it makes one knock sound. When I let go it makes one knock sound. It's only once, it does not knock continuously. It started making this noise after oil change in January every so often but it has gotten to be every time I push on gas and let go now. I was told I need a transmission flush when I got the oil changed just recently in April. Could this be the what is causing the knock noise? I read reviews on flushes and some say to get it done , others say it has damaged their cars transmission.

My car won't start the first 4-5 times I hit the start button. The first time it happened my car was lower on gas and the outside temperature was very low. I filled the car up, ran at highway speeds for 20 minutes. The next day it was the same situation. I took it to a service garage and they tested the battery and alternator, both were perfect. I thought it might just be the cold, even though I never had these issues at lower temps. The third day it was 30 degrees. . . Same issue. Today was the fourth day, where my car won't turn over. What is going on?? this could be extremely dangerous.

2012 hyudai Elantra would not start when in park, even though the battery has a full charge. Shifted to neutral and back to park, and it started on the first try.

On three occasions the past 2 weeks, my car would not start. In researching the issue, I find that this is a common occurrence with 2012 and 2013 Elantras. While this is not a safety problem with vehicle performance, it is a safety issue for the driver finding out that your car won't start and it's the middle of the winter. Hyundai needs to address this common issue and issue a recall to repair the defective part(s).

Sunroof shattered traveling down the interstate at 70 mph in very light traffic, heard a loud noise on top of car. Soon realized by the wind noise that the sunroof had broken. Pulled off at next exit, observed shattered sunroof glass. Concerned this is a defect - as there was no traffic around to throw anything into the roof of the car, and it did not happen after passing under an overpass. There was no explanation for the damage.

My 2012 Hyundai Elantra GLS would not start this morning. I last drove my car home & parked it on 18th December and was home by 6pm. My car sat until the 20th of December around 9 pm when I went out to start it to check the fuel level. My car sat till 6:20 am on the 21st of December. I hit my door unlock on my key fob and the doors unlocked from there I proceeded to start my car. Everything started but the car. I turned back to the starting position and tried again. Same results. After review of my issue on various forums the "range switch" continues to be the faulty part.

The car wouldn't crank or start when I got to the gas station. After multiple tries with putting the car shifter in park to neutral and switching the gears it finally started. I called the dealership and took it down to get looked at. As I was driving it down to the dealership as I was approaching the traffic light I realized the car wasn't running anymore and by this point I had limited brake assistance and also lost all power steering and had to use the e-brake to help with stopping the vehicle to prevent the accident that was about to happen. This was a great thing that I was driving and not my wife as she would've froze and might not have been able to think how to get the car to stop in which this could have been a accident with bodily injury or even possible death of the person driving the car or the innocent person that was collected up in the accident but no one would know as it didn't happen, thank god for this. I had the car towed the rest of the way to the dealership and they looked at it and the car started for them and they tested the battery, alternator, and starter and all tested good so they gave the car back to me stating it was the ac invert-or that was plugged in to the cigarette lighter. I told them that I plugged the invert-or in after the car died to charge my phone but they still insisted that I was lying I guess. I drove the car off the lot and a few days later the same thing happened again but I was going 35 mph and was able to stop the car with no incident as I was afraid to drive the car normal speed and knew it would happen again as the dealer ship had not found anything faulty. Now it sits in the driveway and is completely dead and will not start. The dealership major Hyundai of stroudsburg, PA 18360 will not allow me to bring my car back to them and Hyundai will only tow it to the closest dealership which happens to be them.

Car won't start on several occasions. For about a week straight, I would try to start my car in the morning and it would not start. All lights come on in the car so it's not the battery. After about 3 tries, car starts. Also happens when I leave work at lunch time after it has been just sitting for a few hours. Usually it starts after 2 or 3 tries and turning the key all the way and holding it there until it does. A few times I have had to put it in neutral to start it. After about a week, it stopped doing it. Now a month later, it is doing it again and getting harder and harder to start. Today it took like 10 tries to get it started. Dealer says it has to be doing it for them to figure it out but it's not doing it every time consistently. Will take it there today and hopefully it will do it for them as well. Reading the complaints on this forum, it seems like there are many complaints about same issue. Hyundai needs to figure this out and do a recall. This will be my last Hyundai if it is not resolved.

Last oct. I noticed my tires on the rear of my car were bald . I took it to the dealership to have it looked at they would not do anything with it . So I talked to the owner he agreed to replace them. They checked the alignment said nothing was wrong. Put new tires on ,now one year later tires are bald again. Dealer said they would not do anything for me . Hyundai said they will not do anything. The car has only 32000 miles on it. This is going to be the 2nd. Set of tires on the rear in 1 year . Please let me know what I can do to resolve this problem. Thank you.

Car would not start when key turned. Dash lights came on, but engine would not turn over or even crank. The only sound was a slight click in the engine when the key was turned. Jump start would not help. Remedied by turning the key until I could shift out of park to another gear, then returned to park. Did this multiple times and finally the car started normally. Concerned about losing power when driving and having an accident, or getting stranded somewhere. Called dealer and was told that they could check for battery issues (which it is not), but to call them if it happened again (hopefully, not while driving).

We were on vacation in the smoky mountains. We hiked for a couple hours and returned to the car. I turned the ignition key, nothing. Tried several times, nothing. Lights came on bright, power windows worked, dashboard lights bright. I tried taking it in and out of park, tried turning the key different speeds, nothing. The engine did not try to turn over, no clicking, just silence. We tried to get help, no one stopped. After an hour or so, tried it again, started right up. We drove back to our cabin. It started fine the rest of the time we were there. When we got back home, took it to the Hyundai dealer. Explained the problem. He said if it was working fine now, not much they could do. He also advised me that if they diagnosed it for days, found the problem, but it was a loose connection or something that did not require replacing a part, the entire labor cost was mine to pay. That's when I found out that the Hyundai 5 year, 60k warranty does not cover labor after 36k. Ouch! a buyer beware/read the fine print moment. So, I left since it hadn't happened in a couple weeks. This first incident was in mid-October. Three weeks ago, after 2 months, around Dec 20th, 2014, it happened again. Same thing. Just dead. Battery fine. Everything working but the car. Tried a half dozen times, moving the tranny shifter, etc. Went in the house, came back out, started like nothing was wrong. A week ago, same. This morning, Jan 8, 2015, again, same thing. I checked the battery and connections, both fine. After 20 minutes or so, tried again, started. It is happening more now. I researched on the internet and hundreds of folks have had the same problem with this make, model, and year. There also are you tube videos of it. So, this makes me wonder why there hasn't been a recall. My Elantra has almost 59k on it, so I will be at the 60k limit in a month or so. What can I do? walt.